Western grebe

The FAA database contains 42 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Western grebe across 21 airports; damage was indicated in 23.8% and engine ingestion in 7.1%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Named-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

Filed reports421990–export

Airports represented21distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated23.8%of filed reports

Engine ingestion7.1%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports10FAA report field

Serious / destroyed4FAA S or D level

Effect on flight7effect supplied

Reported cost$2.9Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Western grebe: 2016–2025 reporting record

Western grebe has 9 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 16 filed reports in the annual series.

20172 · 0.0% damage

20183 · 0.0% damage

20191 · 0.0% damage

20201 · 0.0% damage

20211 · 0.0% damage

20222 · 50.0% damage

20231 · 0.0% damage

20242 · 0.0% damage

20253 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Western grebe: 2021–2025 by month

Western grebe appears in 9 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb0

Mar0

Apr2

May0

Jun3

Jul1

Aug0

Sep0

Oct2

Nov1

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Western grebe: published airport records

Western grebe has 1 published airport combinations representing 12 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KLAXLos Angeles Intl12 reports · 16.7% damage